HISTORYOF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THEEARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICALSKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. CHICAGO: GOODSPEEDBROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. WASHINGTONTWP. PAGE 426 Surnames are: Ramsey, Orr, Denny, West FRANKLIN RAMSEY, of Washington Township, was born January 26, 1839, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and is one of four children of Samuel and Margaret A. (Orr) Ramsey.Franklin Ramsey came to Greene County, Ind., in March 1854, with his father's family,and settled in Stafford Township, where he received a common school education, such as the log schoolhouse of that day afforded. He enlisted for the late war, in CompanyC, of the Twenty-first Regiment Indiana Infantry, where he served over four years,and received an honorable discharge January 22, 1866. He was engaged in the following battles; Baton Rouge, Port Hudson and Spanish Fort and others. Since the war, Mr.Ramsey has engaged in farming, and for seven years bought grain at Marco. He moved to Washington Township in November 1880, and has lived there ever since. In September 1880, he was married to Mrs. Eliza J. (Denny) west, by whom he is the father of one son, Frank. As a Democrat in politics, he has been Trustee of Stafford Township, and in 1882 was the candidate for his party for County Clerk. He ran much ahead of his ticket,only failing of election by seventeen votes. He is a member of both the SubordinateLodge and Encampment of I. O. O. F. at Worthington. He owns 320 acres of land inWashington Township, and 180 acres in Knox County, Ind., and is one of the progressive and enterprising citizens of Greene County. Data Entry Volunteer: Diana Flynn